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Property from a Private collects ion, New York

Iatmul Ceremonial Lime Container, Middle Sepik River Region, Papua New Guinea

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October 28, 04:40 PM GTNN

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10,000 - 15,000 USD

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Description

Property from a Private collects ion, New York


Iatmul Ceremonial Lime Container, Middle Sepik River Region, Papua New Guinea


Length: 31 in (78.7 cm)


Bamboo, wood, rattan, pigments

Maurice Bonnefoy, New York, acquired in the 1960s

Christie's, Amsterdam, December 12, 2000, lot 579, consigned by the estate of the above

Kirby Kallas-Lewis, Seattle, acquired at the above auction

Acquired from the above by the present owner on June 3, 2002

Musée d'Ethnographie de Neuchâtel, Art d'Océanie, June 27 - December 31, 1970

Tribal Art Centre, Basel, Authority and Ornament: Art of the Sepik River, Papua New Guinea, January 31 - June 28, 1985

Musée d'Ethnographie de Neuchâtel, ed., Art d'Océanie, Neuchâtel, 1970, cat. no. 865

Suzanne Greub, ed., Authority and Ornament: Art of the Sepik River, Papua New Guinea, Basel, 1985, cat. no. 41